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Jazzmutant Dexter review

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!There’s been a lot of talk for the last 9 months about the Jazzmutant Dexter, and yet the obligitory chinese whispers that come along with this kind of technology haven’t really developed past:
‘Have you seen the Dexter?.. It’s touch […]

Thermionic Culture - Fat Bustard 12 channel valve mixer

Unity Audio are showing two new Thermionic Culture items at this years Frankfurt Music Messe in Hall 5.1 stand D48.
The first is the Fat Bustard 12 channel valve mixer, and Audiotechnews thinks its something to be really excited about.
The final production model of the new Thermionic Culture FAT BUSTARD Valve mixer will be launched at […]

Pro Audio Expo

I managed to get along to the Pro Audio Expo event in Clapham today, for all of a couple of hours and had a cool time talking to some of the guys on the stands over there, even though getting any information out of some of them made blood from a stone a synch before […]

Take the Focusrite liquid challenge

This is the time to put your money where your mouth is. Well, not money, but ego really.
Focusrite has got a cool challenge up on its website to see if you can identify the difference betweeen classic analogue gear, and the Liquid emulation thereof. The Liquid Challenge
Unfortunately, the competition deadline for actually winning anything from […]

Virtual Stadium Mixing Rig arrives in Manchester

An audio engineering college in Manchester has taken delivery of ‘The Virtual Stadium Mixing rig’ - one of only two in the world.
Built by Digidesign, the rig is designed to give students the chance to recreate working the front of house position for some pretty big gigs!
The rig is part of the new digidesign studio […]

Marshall Electronics release 24 Bit/96Khz Mic with USB

There are mixed feelings about Marshall Electonics‘ latest release, the MXL USB.008-24.
A 24 Bit/96Khz, HDTV Broadcast quality USB microphone; Marshall have come up with something which is pretty much ‘The Works’ on paper. Podcasters and home recordists alike now have an all-in-one solution for all their needs.
Of course, the pro’s are all over it, wondering […]

Review: Blaupunkt Lucca 3.5 Satellite Navigation System

Audiotechnews spent the majority of last weekend up north, where the weather was grim, the tech specs that we sent ahead had obviously been ignored completely and the competence of all staff at one of the venues quite clearly left at the door.
Seriously - when your equipment spec looks something like this:
36 CHANNEL DESK WITH […]

Review: Supertooth Voice Handsfree kit

The bluetooth handsfree kit by Supertooth, simply called the Supertooth Voice is a brilliant piece of kit, which includes a Text-To-Speech system.
‘The Voice’ announces instructions for the users like an authority figure would to a hyperactive child. In 6 different languages!! It indicates the status of the Bluetooth device and it announces the name ( […]

KRK Systems give you ERGO

KRK Systems has developed a digital room analysis/correction system, with a lot of help from the acoustic experts at Lyngdorf Audio.
The latest line in this questionable trend is called ERGO
KRK Systems says
Compatible with all recording and monitoring systems, ERGO (Enhanced Room Geometry Optimization) aims to improve any studio mixing space by correcting for ‘real world’ […]

All the news from NAMM Winter 08

I think it was Thursday or Friday I got an email from Stiff over at ProToolerBlog, telling me it was ok to borrow his news from the NAMM Winter 08 Show, as long as I credited him with it, which seemed more than fair enough. In fact, it was really good of the fella.
Since then, […]

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